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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Thursday, July 23, 1981

44-Down : Comedienne Joan

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,580
Across
1
A Waugh : ALEC
5
Dry or toast : PARCH
10
Shoemaker's need : LAST
14
PBS science program : NOVA
15
TV backdrops : OLEOS
16
"Winnie ___ Pu" (Latin version) : ILLE
17
Martin or Anthony : EDEN
18
Onset : START
19
Part of Q.E.D. : QUOD
20
Gale on the Beaufort scale : WINDSTORM
22
Thank-you-ma'ams : BUMPS
23
Some votes : YEAS
24
An Athens is here : OHIO
26
Type of climber : SOCIAL
29
Redolent : FRAGRANT
33
Gorge : CHASM
34
Spoken : ORAL
35
Concept : IDEA
36
Botswana money : RAND
37
___ goose (kin of a dead duck) : AGONE
38
___ grapes : SOUR
39
Square footage : AREA
40
Emend : EDIT
41
Alphabetical quintet : PQRST
42
Accumulated : GARNERED
44
Meets old classmates : REUNES
45
Firth of Clyde feeder : DOON
46
S.A. monkey : TITI
47
Corset adjuncts : STAYS
50
Where to find an axon : NERVECELL
55
Dill or thyme : HERB
56
Kayak's cousin : CANOE
57
Swiss painter: 1879-1940 : KLEE
58
Alaskan island : ATTU
59
John Jacob : ASTOR
60
Serf of yore : ESNE
61
Occident : WEST
62
Union groups : SHOPS
63
Rhode Islanders of a kind : REDS
Down
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Once more : ANEW
2
City near Sacramento : LODI
3
Tied : EVEN
4
With 10 Down, a light-verse witticism : CANDYISDANDYBUT
5
Kind of card : POSTAL
6
Lowest female voices : ALTOS
7
Van's opposite : REAR
8
Greedy person : CORMORANT
9
He helped Isr. get started : HST
10
See 4 Down : LIQUORISQUICKER
11
Astringent : ALUM
12
Spill over : SLOP
13
Scatters newly cut grass : TEDS
21
Wrinkle : SEAM
22
Inflated : BIG
25
Hearty's partner : HALE
26
Thin, stunted tree : SCRAG
27
"BUtterfield 8" author : OHARA
28
He may give you a seat : CANER
29
Cold, in Calais : FROID
30
Embellish : ADORN
31
N.C. river : NEUSE
32
What a red knave filched : TARTS
34
Author featured herein : OGDENNASH
37
Prefix for plane or dynamics : AERO
41
Seeger or Hamill : PETE
43
Dawn goddess : EOS
44
Comedienne Joan : RIVERS
46
B.S.A. unit : TROOP
47
G.B.S. : SHAW
48
Mal de ___ (headache) : TETE
49
Crafts' associate : ARTS
51
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
52
Threat word : ELSE
53
Impart : LEND
54
Dregs : LEES
56
Job for Lupin : CAS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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